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2 UAE tankers attacked while transiting Strait of Hormuz

The United Arab Emirates accused Iran of conducting drone strikes on two oil tankers navigating the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, activists delivered crucial aid to Palestinians facing aggression from Israeli settlers in the West Bank. In a separate conflict, Yemen's military thwarted Houthi incursions, and a drone was successfully…

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Drivers endure overnight gas lines as a war-driven fuel shortage grips Iraq's Kurdish region

A fuel crisis has hit Iraq's Kurdish region, leaving drivers in Irbil waiting for hours, some overnight, to buy gasoline

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Iraqi women mourn Sajida Obaid, a singer who gave them a taste of freedom

Seven days after the death of iconic Iraqi singer Sajida Obaid, women gather at her family home in Irbil to mourn

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The Latest: Regional powers to meet in Pakistan to discuss how to end Mideast fighting

Regional powers plan to meet in Pakistan to discuss how to end the fighting in the Middle East after about 2,500 U.S. Marines arrived in the region and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the monthlong war

The Independent UK

Iraq is caught in the crossfire of the Iran war, with attacks by both sides on its soil

Iraq is caught in the crossfire of the Iran war and is the only country facing strikes from both sides, threatening to drag the nation that has so far avoided two years of regional turmoil into a full-blown crisis

The Independent UK

Trump threatens Iran following new wave of attacks on Gulf states and Israel

Iran has launched launched multiple attacks on Gulf Arab states, including dozens of drones at Saudi Arabia, following warnings from its new supreme leader about hosting American bases

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Public employees in Iraq’s Kurdish region caught in the middle of Baghdad-Irbil oil dispute

Tensions have escalated between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the country’s north in a long-running dispute over the the sharing of oil revenues

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Kurdish Leaders Meet For Unity Amid Regional Challenges

KDP and SDF leaders meet in Irbil to strengthen Kurdish unity in Syria amidst political upheaval and external pressures.

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Firefighters battle massive fire at northern Iraq oil refinery

A team of 32 firefighters in northern Iraq is battling to put out a massive fire, a day after it broke out at an oil refinery, with more than a dozen of them injured while tackling the blaze, local officials said

The Independent UK

Iran accused of 'reckless and imprecise' missile strike on Iraq

Qatar warns of a 'recipe for escalation everywhere' after UK-US attacks on Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen

Evening Standard

Iran strikes targets in northern Iraq and Syria as regional tensions escalate

Iran says it launched strikes against a “spy headquarters and the gathering of anti-Iranian terrorist groups” shortly after missiles hit an area near the U.S. consulate in Irbil, the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region

The Independent UK

Kurds remain biggest winners from US-led invasion of Iraq

Complexes of McMansions, fast food restaurants, real estate offices and half-constructed high-rises line wide, U.S.-style highways in Irbil, the seat of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq

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Kurdish Officials: Death Toll Climbs in Iranian Drone Attack

An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq on Wednesday killed at least nine people and wounded 32 others, the Kurdish Regional Government’s Health Ministry said. The strikes took place as demonstrations continued to engulf the country after the death of Mahsa…

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Iraqi Kurdish oil tycoon's home in ruins after Iran strike

Iranian missiles that struck northern Iraq earlier this week have laid to waste the sprawling mansion belonging to an Iraqi Kurdish oil tycoon near a U.S. consulate complex in the Iraqi city of Irbil

The Independent UK

Iraqi PM inspects site of Iranian missile attack in north

Iraq’s prime minister has visited the northern city of Irbil to meet with Kurdish officials and inspect the site of an Iranian missile attack a day earlier

Wales Online

Iran reported to have launched missiles at US complex in neighbouring Iraq

No injuries were reported in the attack, which marked a significant escalation in hostility between the USA and Iran

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Iran claims missile barrage near US consulate in Iraq

Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard

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Chinese Language School Projects Soft Power in North Iraq

In a classroom in northern Iraq, Zhiwei Hu presides over his students as a conductor would an orchestra.

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